Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Modi opts for 'Gamcha' as face mask to announce Covid-19 lockdown extension
PM Modi used a white colour traditional 'gamcha' with a red placed alongside a black and white pattern Prime Minister Narendra Modi opted for a traditional gamcha to cover his mouth and nose while announcing today the nationwide lockdown extension for curbing the increasing coronavirus spread in the country.
PM Modi used a white colour traditional 'gamcha' with a red placed alongside a black and white pattern. At the beginning of the speech, he greeted the nation with a namaskar with the 'gamcha' covering his mouth and nose.
He later took it off while addressing the nation. Previously, in an interaction with the Chief Ministers of various states on Saturday, he was seen wearing a homemade mask as a precautionary measure against
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